The Carthage Film Festival (Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, JCC) unveiled the poster for its 37th edition on Monday evening, set to run from 12 to 19 December 2026. The artwork pays tribute to six decades of the festival's commitment to African and Arab cinema, carried by free voices and just causes. The full programme is still to come.
When will the 37th edition of the Carthage Film Festival take place?
It pays tribute to six decades of commitment to African and Arab cinema. It spotlights the free voices and just causes this cinema has carried.
The answer fits in one sentence: the festival's 37th edition will run from 12 to 19 December 2026. The festival's management confirmed the dates themselves on Monday evening, unveiling the visual identity of this new edition at the same time.
Announcements about the full programme for this December 2026 edition are still to come in the following weeks.
What does the new poster depict?
The new poster is a heartfelt tribute: it celebrates six decades of commitment to African and Arab cinema, condensing the festival’s own history into a single image. It distils what has shaped the 37th edition’s reputation since the festival was founded.
It highlights the free voices and just causes that have run through this journey, along with the forms of creative expression that have defined this cinema.
What six-decade commitment does this poster carry?
The festival's management unveiled the visual identity of the 37th edition, scheduled for 12 to 19 December 2026, on Monday evening. The poster stakes a claim to a legacy.
It pays tribute to six decades of commitment to African and Arab cinema. The free voices and the just causes this cinema has carried find their place here. It is the festival's way of reminding audiences that it was built as much as a platform for debate as a showcase.
So the dates are set for 12 to 19 December 2026, with a poster that already sums up the essentials: six decades standing alongside African and Arab cinema, and the same loyalty to free voices and just causes. The full programme for this 37th edition will still take a few weeks to reveal.
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